International Travel


  %Comp Index
Own passport 77.3% 131
Took foreign plane trip past 12 months 39.0% 168
Average # plane trips taken 2.5  
Places visited outside the US - past three years    
Europe 31.7% 181
Canada 26.4% 186
Mexico/Central America (net) 26.9% 139
Mexico 19.0% 109
Other Central/South America 12.9% 316
Caribbean/Bahamas/Bermuda (net) 18.0% 105
Middle East/Israel 3.3%  
Africa 2.3% 174
Australia/New Zealand 2.8% 183
Asia 10.4%  
Other international destination 2.5%  
Travel expenditures past 12 months    
Total travel expenditures    
Spent $10,000+ 29.0% 262
Average expenditure $9,700 219
Personal Travel and Vacations outside the US    
Average expenditure $6,900 189
Average # night spent in hotel/motel past 12 months 16.1  

Source: 2008 Ipsos Mendelsohn Natural History Subscriber Study. Indexes based on 2008 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey

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